This family tree of the descendants of Thomas Tanner b1668 and Elizabeth Simmes b1669 was researched and put together by Janet Newman. Family names within this tree include:-

Family names within this tree are
Akers, Aldsworth , Bailey, Barratt, Bartlett,
Beale, Berrisford, Biles, Bishop, Blencowe, Broderick,
Brooks, Buckingham, Buckley, Burchell, Butler, Cadd , Cato,
Carter, Clack, Cleaver, Cockhead, Cook,, Cooper
Cole, Cotton, Cripps, Cross, Dent, Dix,
Dobbs , Douglas , Downs, Easton, Edwards,
Elward , Fisher, Flux , Giles, Gillett, Godfrey,
Green, Hawcutt, Haynes, Hewish, Higgs, Hoar,
Hoare , Hunt, Jones, Kennett, La Croix, Lock, Lomas,
Lockey, Lowe, May, McGregor, Miller, Moss, Mullcock,
Neale, Neville, Newman, Parker, Pearce, Philpott, Preston,
Phipps, Poole, Portlock, Probits , Randall, Robins, Robinson,
Rose, Sandland, Shepherd, Simmes, Shewry , Simpson, Smith,
Timms, Townsend , Turner, Walsgrove, Wells, Whitlock
Waight, Wilkins, Wilson , Woodley, Wyatt.

Scanned copy of old document containing extracts from Gardener's Gazetteer of Oxon 1852, Lascelles' Gazetteer of Oxon 1853 and Kelly's Directory of Oxon 1895. Listing businesses and trades in Bampton and surrounding villages, and the following surnames are included
Adams
Andrews
Arkell
Baines
Baker
Bateman
Beckinsale
Beechey
Beresford
Biddulph
Bradshaw
Bryant
Bullem
Burrow
Butt
Carter
Chandler
Clack
Clifford
Clinch
Collins
Cook
Cook
Cowley
Cox
Coxeter
Cripps
Croft
Dewe
Dickens
Dipper
Dumbleton
Dutton
Edgington
Eldridge
Evans
Forest
Fox
Frampton
Francis
Frederick
Gerring
Giles
Gillet
Grove
Hambridge
Hardman
Harris
Holliday
Hollis
Hudson
Hutchings
Jackson
Jeeves
Jones
Knight
Lambeth
Leforestier
Long
Lord
Luckett
May
Miller
Newport
Oakey
Patt
Perkins
Pettyfer
Pinnock
Pinnocks
Plaster
Pnnock
Prior
Pusey
Reed
Richards
Robins
Rose and Bullen
Sellard
Shepherd
Smith
Southby
Sparrowhawk
Spiers
Spurret
Steede
Stevens
Stone
Swinburn
Taylor
Teall
Thompson
Townsend
Trafford
Vesey
Waite
Walker
Walsh
Ward
Werman
Whitaker
Widdows
Wilkins
Williams
Winstanley
Winterborne
Young 

Terry Rouse began dancing in 1964 for Francis Shergold's Morris side. That year was a very wet time and Francis's side was in need of somewhere out of the rain to rehearse ready for Whit Monday and Terry invited him to use his barn at Backhouse Farm. Already a keen dancer of both ballroom and country dancing, Terry loved what he saw and asked to join the side and so began a long career both as a dancer and in the later years the Morris Fool, finally retiring in 2000.

These two photographs were taken in the first half of the C20th. Sadly, I don't know their names but they look to be really enjoying themselves.

The lovely picture shows Frank Tanner, b1895 d1980 and his obituary written by Keith Chandler.
The young lad with Frank is Michael Hampton.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from December 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Save Our Post Office
Renovation Work in the Market Square
Affordable Housing Needs Survey- questionnaire enclosed
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of recent winners
St Mary’s, Bampton 21 December, St Beornwald’s Day concert, ‘A European Christmas’
Christmas Services at the Methodist Chapel, St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Carterton and St Mary’s Bampton
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Affordable Housing Survey
Local Plan Comments
More Work Units in Bampton
Market Square Improvements
Traffic Calming Build-outs
Skateboarding on the Tennis Courts
Protective Clothing
Insurance Liabilities
‘No-one’s’ Land – next to No 18 The Pieces
Poor Drainage by the Surgery
Annual Fair
Recycling Bins
Parish Press Briefing September 2003
Free legal advice over the telephone – Community Legal Advice Service
The West Oxfordshire Nightstop and Prevention Project
Strengthening Industry Links – free training for voluntary and community groups
Training Opportunities – free to voluntary sector organisations
Funding for Children’s Projects
Volunteers needed for The League of Friends of the Churchill Hospital
District Councillors’ Reports
Bampton Fire Station by Mark Booty
New Licensing Laws
New Road Proposals
Housing Needs Survey by Jonathan Phillips
Proposed Bampton Housing Site – reply from West Oxfordshire District Council
Courtesy on the Roads
Age Concern Oxfordshire, City and County
Bampton Tennis Club
Memories of Bampton by Bill Gibson
Bampton Library
Letters and emails to the Editor
Photograph taken circa 1950 outside The Swan, Bampton, with Traction Engine ‘Pandora’ and David Hunt, John Bond, John Quick and Emmie Sollis
Bojangles, our village hairdressing salon expands
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman
Notice Board
The Bush Club
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton the Way it Was, written by Mrs Freda Bailey
Unusual handmade Christmas gifts and crafts sale held by the Transrural Trust
Christmas Concert in aid of Bridewell Organic Gardens
Bampton Youth Centre
Old Birthday Cards Recycled
Out and About – photographs of The Gardening Club Autumn Show, The Gardening Club Goes to Scotland – A Week in Inverness, Remembrance Day and Children in Need Day
The Children’s Society
Bampton Bridge Club
Bampton Ladies Group
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Cancer Research – Bampton Branch
Feel Good Factor – Volunteer Link-up
The Carers Centre
Bampton French Book Club
Useful Telephone Numbers
Bampton Museum exhibitions
The Bampton Gardening Club – AGM and Proposed Outings for 2004
The Trophy Winners of the Autumn Show
BBC Radio Gardeners’ Question Time – Witney Corn Exchange
The Bampton Classical Opera by Gilly French
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Spajers News by Don Rouse
The Bampton Mummers
Society for the Protection of Bampton
West Ox Arts, various exhibitions
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Robert Vesey Room Opening Hours
All Jigged Out – an evening of foot-tapping music by Celtic jazz-funk band
The WOA Stair Lift Appeal
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Bampton Primary School by Richard Pitt, Parent Governor
Slow Living, A New Society for Bampton
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection Timetable
Samantha Dickson Research Trust Appeal
LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Matthew Shaw – Handyman
Roger F J Kerswill Photography
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Gray’s Taxis
The Morris Clown
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
The Appliance Doctor
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
W I Markets, Masonic Hall, Witney
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
DIY Livery, Calais Oak Farm, Bampton
A Bonner, Carpenter/Handyman
Grange Photographic
The Post Office
The Cotton Club
The Horseshoe Inn
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Bampton Cars
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
P & S Builders
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd
Personal Training – Gail Booth
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Logs for sale ring George
Witney Lakes Resort
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd

Bampton always has a weekend filled with fun and laughter over the late May Bank Holiday. These cuttings talk about the Shirt Race and the Morris Dancing.
In one of the cuttings you can also read about

1. An exhibition of Arts and Crafts in the Town Hall
2. Cancer Research Bampton branch raising funds
3. The Community Fete organised by the Royal British Legion in the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday
4. The Pumpkin Club which held a Tramps' Supper in the Cotswold Hotel on the Saturday night after the Shirt Race

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from August 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Market Square Phase 2 Improvements.

Bampton residents were invited to take part in a survey; around 1,500 questionnaires were completed as part of the project to draw up a community-led plan for the village, to help guide future developments by reflecting residents' views.

The Bampton Beam used to be produce 3 times a year. This issue is from April 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton’s Pre-School Playgroup – New Building Needed – Help Required!The Skate Park is Ready